31/01/2023
West Deeping
7 Russian White-fronted Goose
Fiskerton Fen
Bittern, Great White Egret, American Wigeon
Frampton Marsh
2 Hen Harrier (m)
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern Diver
Trent Port
Treecreeper
30/01/2003
Belton Park
7 Gadwall, 2 Red Kite, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Cleethorpes
Snow Bunting (Buck's Beck)
Deeping High Bank
7 Common Crane, 6 Bewick's Swan
Doddington Park
5 Common Gull, 4 Lesser Redpoll
Gibraltar Point
Hen Harrier
West Deeping
7 Russian White-fronted Goose
Swanholme Lakes
120 Coot, 153 Gadwall, 14 Goosander (7m 7f), 130 Black-headed Gull, Kingfisher, c100 Wigeon
29/01/2023
Boultham Mere
Bullfinch, Marsh Harrier, Skylark, Stonechat, 78 Wigeon
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver
Crook Bank
10 Snow Bunting
Deeping Lakes
3 Long-eared Owl
Fiskerton Fen
American Wigeon
Frampton Marsh
7 Russian White-fronted Geese
Halton Marshes
7 Russian White-fronted Geese
Langtoft Pits
7 Russian White-fronted Goose
Linwood Warren
3 Buzzard, 15 Coal Tit, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Marton
Bullfinch, Tawny Owl, Redwing, Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat, 22 Teal
Marston
Marsh Harrier, Skylark
Willow Tree Fen
Chiffcaff, Great White Egret, 25+ Goosander, Hen Harrier (rt), 12 Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Barn Owl, 2 Stonechat
28/01/2023
Alkborough Flats
3 Water Pipit
Doddington Park
Jay, 14 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
2 Corn Bunting, Great White Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 7 White-fronted Goose, Hen Harrier, Kingfisher, Merlin, Water Rail, Spoonbill, Stonechat, Bearded Tit
Langtoft Pits
6 Russian White-fronted Geese
Mablethorpe
Common Scoter, 2 Velvet Scoter
Trent Port
Chiffchaff, Peregrine Falcon, c130 Pink-footed Goose.
Swanpool
Buzzard, 59 Wigeon
Tunman Woods
Buzzard, 80 Fieldfare, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker
River Welland
2 Great White Egret
27/01/2023
Alkborough
Hen Harrier (rt), 15 Marsh Harrier, 3 Barn Owl, Water Rail, Ruff, Bearded Tit
Black Bank
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Cleatham
80 Fieldfare, 3 Kestrel
Frampton Marsh
2 Peregrine Falcon, 8 Grey Partridge, 200 Whooper Swan
Doddington Park
40 Goldfinch, 3 Lesser Redpoll
Freiston Shore
Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, 2 Common Scaup
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (m)
Nebraska Wetlands
2 Buzzard, Pink-footed Goose, Kestrel, 18 Grey Plover, 2 Shelduck, 5 Shoveler, 38 Teal
Spalding
Barn Owl
Swanpool
71 Pink-footed Goose
26/01/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver, Falcated Duck, Spotted Redshank
A surprise today at Covenham Reservoir was this Falcated Duck, a long way from home - Image © John Clarkson
Churchill Lane
Cattle Egret
Marston
Red Kite, 200 Linnet, Lesser Redpoll Green Sandpiper, Stonechat, Song Thrush, Cetti's Warbler,
Wainfleet Range
450 Common Eider, Great Northern Diver, 2000 Bar-tailed Godwit, Goosander, 900 Brent Goose, 3 Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Water Pipit,
25/01/2023
Calcethorpe
Reed Bunting, Linnet, Merlin, Redwing, Yellowhammer
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit
Covenham Reservoir
Great Norther Diver, Goosander, Yellow-legged Gull
The Great Northern Diver at Covenham Resevoir - Image © Andy Sims
Frampton Marsh
Brambling, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, 6 Pintail, Water Rail, Whooper Swan
Louth
Kingfisher
24/01/2023
Branston
Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff
A grey Wagtail in the Beck in Branson - Image © TheOtherJanet
Grantham
4 Lesser Redpoll
Marston
Reed Bunting, Marsh Harrier 2, Linnet 200, Lesser Redpoll, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler
Market Rasen
2500 Starling
North Thoresby
Great White Egret
Swanpool Wood
Woodcock
23 /01/2023
Frampton Marsh
Short-eared Owl, 7 Russian White-fronted Geese
Short Ferry
Great White Egret
Great White Egret feeding well - Image © Russell Hayes
Swanholme Lakes
Little Egret, Kingfisher, 5 Lesser Redpoll
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier (rt)
22/01/2023
Bardney
Grey Partridge, Stonechat
Cress Marsh
2 Buzzard, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 13 Herring Gull, 13 Lapwing, Sparrowhawk 39 Teal
Deeping Lakes
5 Common Crane
Doddington Park
1 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin
Frampton Marsh
3 Peregrine Falcon, Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Water Rail, 5 Bearded Tit
Sanderson's Bank
2 Stonechat, 12 Bewick's Swan 70+, Whooper Swan,
21 01/2022
Deeping Lakes
Bewick's Swan
Fillingham
Barn Owl
Frampton Marsh
Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon 3 Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Goose, 5 White-fronted Goose 2 Hen Harrier, 4 Marsh Harrier, Stonechat, Short-eared Owl, 93 Whooper Swan, Yellowhammer
Gibraltar Point
12 Snow Bunting, 2 Tundra Bean Goose
Goxhill Haven
Stonechat
Sanderson's Bank
13 Bewick's Swan
Sandilands
Short-eared Owl
20/01/2023
Fillingham
Woodcock
Frampton Marsh
6 Russian White-fronted Geese
Gibraltar Point
12 Snow Bunting
Grantham
2 Lesser Redpoll
Louth
4 Woodcock
Sanderson's Bank
13 Bewick's Swan
Swanholme Lakes
Little Egret, 8 Goosander, Kingfisher
19/01/2023
Black Bank
3 Buzzard 3 Kestrel, 200 Rook, Stonechat, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
East Butterwick
Buzzard, c50 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Kestrel, 35 Linnet
Farmers Lane Brumby Common
2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 30 Goldfinch,100 Linnet, 2 Skylark
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpipes
An attractive shot of Cleethorpes Purple Sandpiper - Image © Jim Wright
Frampton Marsh
6 Russian White-fronted Geese, 8 Bewick' Swan
Gibraltar Point
Tundra Bean Goose, Waxwing
Marston
300 Linnet
Sincil Bank Stadium
5 Lesser Redpoll
RAF Wainfleet
Lapland Bunting
18/01/2023
Bonby Carrs
2 Buzzard, 50 Pink-footed Goose, Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, Kingfisher, Barn Owl, 38 Golden Plover, Stonechat +16 Roe Deer & 5 Brown Hares
Boultham Mere
Kingfisher, Water Rail
Denton Reservoir
19 Goosander, 57 Pink-footed Goose
Frampton
2 Peregrine Falcon, Russian White-fronted Goose, Kingfisher, Barn Owl, Pintail, Ringed Plover, Water Rail, Jack Snipe, 8 Bewick's Swan, Cetti's Warbler
Halton Marsh
18 Russian White-fronted Goose
Hartsholme Park/Swanholme Lakes
Goldcrest, 7 Goosander, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher, Nuthatch, 6 Shoveler,25 Siskin, Treecreeper
A Great Spotted Woodpecker on the edge of Swanholme Lakes - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Marston
Jack Snipe
Rimac
Hen Harrier
Trent Port
Peregrine Falcon, Tree Sparrow, Grey Wagtail
Willow Tree Fen
Cattle Egret
17/01/2023
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpiper, +50 Turnstone
Far Ings
Reed Bunting, Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 2 Cetti's Warbler
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, Tawny Owl, Water Rail, 2 Stonechat, 8 Bewick's Swan, 174 Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit
Horseshoe Point
2 Hen Harrier, 30 Twite
Saltfleetby
2 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Hen Harrier, Barn Owl
Willow Tree Fen
c50 Goosander, Hen Harrier (f), c10 Marsh Harrier, 4 Kestrel, c3000 Lapwing, 2 Barn Owl, 300 Golden Plover, 20+ Snipe, Sparrowhawk, 2 Stonechat, 120 Whooper Swan
Theddlethorpe
142 Whooper Swan
16/01/2023
Baston
Barn Owl
A splendid shot of a Barn Owl near Baston - Image © Mike Weedon
Deeping High Bank
7 Common Crane, 9 Barn Owl
Frampton Marsh
6 Avocet, Brambling, Peregrine Falcon, 7 Russian White-fronted Geese, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, 20 Pintail, Water Rail, Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
12 Snow Bunting
Louth
Kingfisher, Water Rail, Grey Wagtail
A Grey Wagtail adjacent to the Louuth Canal - Image © John Clarkson
Mablethorpe
3 Velvet Scoter
Trent Port
14 Gadwall, 89 Pink-footed Geese, 55 Teal, 48 Wigeon
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier (f)
15/01/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver
Denton Reservoir
26 Goosander
Fillingham
Brambling, Mistle Thrush
Fiskerton Fen
American Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
Great Northern DiverWater Pipit, Scaup
Job's Lane
4 Egyptian Goose, Redshank
Read's Island
2 Spotted Redshank
Saltfleetby
Hen Harrier (male), 2 Velvet Scoter, 11 Twite
Trent Port
Chiffchaff, 34 Lapwing, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker
Westwoodside
12 Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan
Winter's Pool
26 Russian White-fronted Goose
14/01/2023
Market Rasen
10 Common Pheasant (in a private garden)
Thurlby
Little Gull
Westwoodside
12 Bewick's Swan
Willow Tree Fen
5 Common Crane, Hen Harrier
13/01/2023
Frampton Marsh
6 Avocet, Brambling, 19 Little Eret, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 7 Greenshank, 3 Marsh Harrier, Merlin, Barn Owl, Water Rail, Whooper Swan
Gibraltar Point
Scaup (female still)
Kirkby on Bain
Bullfinch, Little Egret, 215 Gadwall, 4 Egyptian Geese, 13 Goldeneye, Jay, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Water Rail, 110 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 135 Teal
Sutton on Sea
14 Red-throated Diver, Kittiwake, 80 Common Scoter, Velvet Scoter
Crook Bank
28 Snow Bunting, 14 Red-throated Diver, Gannet, Bar-tailed Godwit, Stonechat
Willow Tree Fen
Hen Harrier
12/01/2023
Cleethorpes
Purple Sandpier
Purple Sandpiper on the beach at Cleethorpes - Image © Phil Jones
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Avocet, Brambling, Peregrine Falcon, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 200 Pink-footed Goose, Hen Harrier, 10000 Lapwing, 60 Pintail, 4 Rock Pipit, 600 Golden Plover, Stonechat, 6000 Wigeon
Lea Park
2 Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Nuthatch, 85 Redwing, 4 Song Thrush, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Novartis Ings
Iceland Gull
Saltfleetby
2 Snow Bunting, 16 Twite
Willow Tree Fen
7 Common Crane, 2 Cattle Egret, 132 Goosander
Witham End
2 Eider, Goldeneye, 10 Red-breasted Merganser
11/01/2023
Frampton Marsh
4 Avocet, Brambling, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 3 Goldeneye, 3 Barnacle Goose, Pintail, Grey Plover, Water Rail, 20 Ruff, 2 Stonechat, Whooper Swan
Hartsholme Park
Great Crested Grebe, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Wainfleet
2 Corn Bunting, 2 Buzzard, 160 Curlew, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 3000 Bar-tailed Godwit, Hen Harrier, 4 Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Barn Owl, Merlin, Sparrowhawk
Willow Tree Fen
5 Common Crane, 2 Cattie Egret, 7 Little Egret, Great White Egret, 121 Goosander, Hen Harrier, 11 Marsh Harrier, 2 Pintail, Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 151 Whooper Swan
10/01/2023
Tongue End
2 Bewick's Swan, 85, Whooper Swan
Trent Port
Little Egret, 90 Fieldfare, 2 Raven, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane, 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl
09/01/2023
Covenham
Great Northern Diver
Fiskerton Fen
American Wigeon
Frampton Marsh
7 Russian White-fronted Geese
Mablethorpe
Velvet Scoter
Marton
3 Common Crane (over)
Saltfleetby
12 Twite
Short Ferry
Kestrel
A Kestrel at Short Ferry - Image © Russell Hayes
Swanpool
2 Stonechat
Willow Tree Fen
2 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, Hen Harrier
Winter's Pond
19 Russian White-fronted Geese
08/01/2023
Cress Marsh
Pink-footed Goose, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 14 Meadow Pipit
Crowle
5 Corn Bunting
Doddington Park
Blackcap (female)
Fiskerton Fen
American Wigeon
Gibraltar Point
2 Tundra Bean Goose, Hen Harrier, Water Pipit
Kirkby Underwood
18 Red Kite
Trent Port
4 Little Egret, 2 Goosander (m), Kingfisher, Merlin, Stonechat
Saltfleetby
Hen Harrier, 20 Twite
North Somercotes
Mandarin Duck (Oasis Pool), Peregrine Falcon
Swanholme Lakes
Goosander (8 male 3 female), Little Grebe
Whisby
Scaup, 17000 Starling
07/01/2023
Covenham Reservoir
Great Northern Diver
East Halton
Russian White-fronted Goose
A good close up of the Russian White-fronted Geese that have freqented East Halton for a while - Image © Roy Harvey
Gibraltar Point
9 Snow Bunting
Sanderson's Bank
14 Bewick's Swan
06/01/2023
Boultham Mere
2 Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff
Crook Bank
13 Snow Bunting, 110 Pink-footed Goose, 10 Twite
Gibraltar Point
3 Goldcrest, 295 Brent Goose, 1500 Pink-footed Goose, 4 Marsh Harrier, 75 Shoveler, Woodcock
East Halton
Water Pipit
Oasis Pond, North Somercotes
Manadrin Duck
Mablethorpe
6 Common Scoter
Rimac
750 Pink-footed Goose, 3 Hen Harrier, Merlin
05/01/2023
Black Bank
35 Lapwing, Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Churchill Lane
Blackcap, 20 Snow Bunting, Linnet, 47 Goldenen Plover
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Frampton Marsh
Avocet, 3 Barnacle Goose, 5 White-fronted Goose, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine Falcon,Barn Owl, Pintail, Rock Pipit, 2 Whooper Swan
Grantham
Kingfisher, Red Kite
Huttoft Bank
Short-eared Owl
Novartis Ings
Iceland Gull
Owlet Woods
Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Swanpool
Treecreeper
Treecreeper in the Swanpool cow-fields area - Image © Andy Sims
Talliington Lakes
Kittiwake
Tuetoes
2 Buzzard
Whisby
3 Bullfinch (all male), 6 Goldeneye, Goosander (female), Peregrine Falcon, Shoveler, 30 Teal, 200 Wigeon
04/01/2023
Brumby Common
4 Buzzard, Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, 80 Lapwing, 50 Linnet, Merlin, Sparrowhawk
Deeping Lakes
Long-eared Owl
Epworth Turbary
3 Green Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Scaup, Tundra Bean Goose
Grimsby
Waxwing 1
Halton Marsh
2 Barnacle Goose, 18 Russian White-fronted Goose, 100 Lapwing, Grey Plover
Holbeach Marsh
2 Hen Harrier
Messingham
Great White Egret, Red-crested Pochard
Pyewipe
Iceland Gull
Rimac
Water Pipit
Sanderson's Bank (Westwoodside)
c10 Bewick's Swan, 43 Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose
Around 53, Winter Swans, Bewick's, c10 and Whooper c43 at Sanderson's Bank, Westwoodside - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Willow Tree Fen
2 Cattle Egret
03/12/2023
Covenham Resevoir
Great Northern Diver
Frampton Marsh
2 Brambling, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Marsh Harrier, 3 Barnacle Goose, Tundra Bean Goose,
Marston
2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, 7 Teal, Grey Wagtail
Swanpool cow-fields
Great White Egret, Sparrowhawk
Willow Tree Fen
4 Buzzard, 11 Common Crane, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Little Egret, 60 Goosander, 11 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 60 Whooper Swan
Westwoodside
10 Bewick's Swan
02/01/2023
Cleethorpes
2 Stonechat
Covenham
Great Northern Diver, 30 Goldeneye, 46 Great Crested Grebe,12 Little Grebe, Hen Harrier, 5 Pochard
Doddington Park
24 Lesser Redpoll
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier
Gibraltar Point
Pink-footed Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Water Pipit, Scaup
Halton Marshes
19 Russian White-fronted Goose, Short-eared Owl
Tongue End
2 Bewick's Swan, 25 Whooper Swan
Twenty (near Bourne)
4 Common Crane
Westwoodside
Stonechat, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan
Willow Tree Fen
Cattle Egret, Short-eared Owl
01/01/2023
Boultham Mere
Goosander, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Pochard, 21 Snipe, 2 Stonechat
Gibraltar Point
2 Corn Bunting, 19 Snow Bunting, Tundra Bean Goose, Hen Harrier, 45 Whooper Swan
Hartsholme Park
Goosander (female)
Marston
Curlew, Barn Owl, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Jack Snipe, Woodcock
Sutton on Sea
4 Red-throated Diver. Guillemot, 600 Lapwing, 2 Short-eared Owl, 350 Golden Plover, 3 Velvet Scoter
Swanholme Lakes
18 Goosander (9 male, 9 female)
Wainfleet
194 Curlew, 1500 Dunlin, 37 Eider, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Hen Harrier, 6 Marsh Harrier, 300 Linnet, 4 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Merlin, Short-eared Owl, Grey Partridge. 31 Whooper Swan